Author, Speaker, World Traveler

In business, you’ve got to give before you take. And then you’ve got to give some more. No one knows this better than my pal Adam Grant, the youngest business professor at Wharton, and the NYT bestselling author of Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success. When I first read Grant’s book last […]

Today’s the last day to get in on the crazy ebook sale I’ve been having. What was it again? Get 10 of my ebooks for just $11 total. Sold separately you’re looking at over $40 for this content, so the sale is, um… cheap. Click “Add to Cart” to get them in your hands;) Included […]

Interested in setting annual goals? Every December, Michael Hyatt opens up his popular course, Best Year Ever. I highly recommend it. Watch three FREE videos from him about goal-setting here. I’m reading a great book right now (it’s #50 so far of 2014) from one of my favorite authors, Ann Patchett. Known as a novelist who […]

Every time I listen to music I like while I work, I think of my old work colleague and friend, @mutgoff. Maggie was already at Twitter when I started in 2009, moving and shaking and doing cool stuff. One day, at some point during the years we worked together, she sent an email to employees […]

A few days ago, I launched a 7-day sale for a bunch of my ebooks. (It’s still going on. For three more days, I’m offering ten of my ebooks for just $11 total.) I got a lot of responses. Most of them were sales. And then a few questions. My BFF asked, “How did you […]

I’m on sale. Or, at least, my ebooks are. For the next 7 days, I’m offering 10 of my ebooks on sale for just $11 total. You do the math. That’s cheap. Click “Add to Cart” — and get them in your hands;) Included in the bundle are the following ebooks: The Present Principle: Seven […]

I’m a huge fan of devotionals, and throughout the course of each year I work through a few different ones during my morning routine — which I call my PRESENT time. (See here for a full outline of what I do each morning.) So when I heard that bestselling author Renee Swope had released a new […]

Learning is growing, and not just because Sesame Street told us so. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that to be successful human beings on this here planet we need to be constantly looking for ways that we can expand our mind and learn new things. Sometimes, though, folks claim they […]

My new book, Hope Runs, is coming out next month, and I’m so excited. We’ve set up a whole micro website of information and resources about the book that you can check out here. The book, as I’ve said, is not the book many folks expected me to write. It’s not a business, productivity, or […]

Goal-setting is a tricky business, and one I love discussing the ins and outs of setting smart goals and reaching them regularly. One of the most mistaken ideas out there in goal-setting is that you always need to be increasing your goals. This is a mind trap I’ve fallen into many times – believing […]